Unity and diversity in Southern African historical science

This paper has its origins in a generalized feeling of dissatisfaction and impatience with current and conventional theories about 'political developmental' trends in Southern Africa. It is an early, perhaps premature statement of a series of arguments which are being developed into a forthcoming collective book.

A seminar paper on unity and diversity in Southern Africa, presented to the International Studies Seminar, at the University of Zimbabwe, on the theme : 'Southern African responses to Imperialism', 21 - 25 April 1987.